Title 49—Transportation--Volume 1
PART 526—PETITIONS AND PLANS FOR RELIEF UNDER THE AUTOMOBILE FUEL EFFICIENCY ACT OF 1980
§ 526.1   General provisions.
(a) Applicability. These regulations apply to petitions and plans submitted under the Automobile Fuel Efficiency Act of 1980, Pub. L. 96-425, as codified in Title V of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act, 15 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.
(b) Address. Each petition and plan submitted under the applicable provisions of sections 502 and 503 of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act must be addressed to the Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington DC 20590.
(c) Authority and scope of relief. Each petition or plan must specify the specific provision of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act under which relief is being sought. The petition or plan must also specify the model years for which relief is being sought.
§ 526.2   U.S. production by foreign manufacturer.
Each petition filed under section 503(b)(3) of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act must contain the following information:
(a) For each model type (as defined by the Environmental Protection Agency in 40 CFR part 600) planned by the petitioner to be sold in the United States (regardless of place of manufacture), and for each model year beginning with the year before the first one for which relief is sought by the petition through the last year covered by the petition, the following information based on the petitioner's current product plan and the assumption that the petition will be granted:
(1) A description of the model type, including car line designation, engine displacement and type, transmission type, and average fuel economy;
(2) U.S. sales projected for the model type;
(3) The average percentage of the cost to the manufacturer of the model type which is attributable to value added in the United States or Canada, determined in accordance with 40 CFR 600.511-80, and the total manufacturing cost per vehicle; and
(4) In the case of model types not offered for sale in the United States before the first year for which relief is sought in the petition or other model types for which expansions in production capacity are planned during the years covered by the petition, information (including any marketing surveys) indicating from where the additional sales will be captured. If sales are projected to be captured from U.S. manufacturers, the petition must provide an estimate of the employment impact on those manufacturers of the lost sales and the gain in employment for the petitioner and its U.S. suppliers.
(b) The total number of persons employed in the United States by the petitioner, excluding non-motor vehicle industry related employees, for each model year covered by the petition and for the model year immediately prior to those years.
(c) A description of how the petitioner's responses to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section would differ if the petition were denied.
§ 526.3   Transfer of vehicle from non-domestic to domestic fleet.
Each plan submitted under section 503(b)(4) of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act must contain the following information:
(a) For each model year for which relief is sought in the plan and for each model type of automobile sought to be included by the submitter in its domestic fleet under the plan (i.e., those with at least 50 percent but less than 75 percent U.S. or Canadian value added), provide the following information:
(1) A description of the model type, including engine type and displacement, transmission class, car line designation, and fuel economy;
(2) The projected U.S. sales of the model type;
(3) The average total manufacturing cost per vehicle for the model type;
(4) The percentage of the cost to the manufacturer attributable to value added in the United States or Canada for the model type:
(b) For each year covered by the plan, a list of individual product actions (e.g., change from imported engine to domestically manufactured engine) which will increase the domestic content of the affected vehicles. For each action, provide the model year in which the action will take effect, a description of the nature of the action, and the percentage change in domestic content resulting from the action.
§ 526.4   [Reserved]
§ 526.5   Earning offsetting monetary credits in future model years.
Each plan submitted under section 502(l) of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act must contain the following information:
(a) Projected average fuel economy and production levels for the class of automobiles which may fail to comply with a fuel economy standard and for any other classes of automobiles from which credits may be transferred, for the current model year and for each model year thereafter ending with the last year covered by the plan.
(b) A list and full description of each planned product action (e.g., new model, mix change) which will affect the average fuel economy of the class of automobiles subject to the credit earning plan, for each model year beginning with the current model year and ending with the last year covered by the credit earning plan.
(c) The portion of the petitioner's fleet affected by each product action (e.g., all K-cars with 6-cylinder engines) and the number of affected vehicles.
(d) The fuel economy effect of each product action specified under paragraph (b) of this section per affected vehicle.